http://www.paranoid-zine.com/default.cfm?Jezik=Si&Kat=0204&BesID=31425

Translation:

L.A. was thriving in the 80s. How wouldn’t it, since every poser
showed his face at least once a day at Sunset Strip, where there was a
fashion show of clothes, hairstyles, masks, shoes, etc. Five, six
years in a row. Luckily there were also some metalheads there, playing
their instruments and not giving a fuck about looks. Bands like
Slayer, Dark Angel, Tracer, Viking and of course Metallica (who
couldn’t take the pressure and moved to SF. The area gave birth to
many great and well known bands. One of the less known, obscure acts
from that area is Psychosis.

When thrash metal was at its peak Kragen Lum (Heathen, Prototype)
founded the band. They had a great combination of fast, thrashing
riffs with heavy metal bits and a Hetfield like vocal. A recepice for
succes. But there was only one Metallica and the flannel shirts and
greasy hair took over the MTV population, so a new generation of
metalheads wasn’t even there. In 1992 Psychosis release Lifeforce, a
great album, but lived to see the faith of many thrash bands soon
after. Lum continued working with various projects. In 2006 he
resurrected Psychosis and started working on new material which was
published this year. Right before the recording of the EP Bruce Hall
(ex-Agent Steel) joined the band which made the wheels turn once more.

Because of him some parts resemble the 1999-2009 Agent Steel era,
which seamlessly mixes heavy metal and thrash with other influences as
well. The riffs have that 80s bay area feel to them – dobule leads,
mid-tempo rhytms and blazing sweep picking solos which bring to mind
especially Forbidden’s Twisted into Form and Distortion albums. Some
parts have a progressive feeling to them, achieved by a tasteful use
of accoustic passages.

The instrumental base suits the singer perfectly. Sometimes his vocals
are atypical (growls) yet great non the less. The range and the
quality of his voice are unquestionable; his performance is always
powerfull and explosive… great! Bruce satisfies the old fans and
draws new ones to him.

The bass guitar is as usually somewhat in the background but, as
oposed to many other metal recordings, not unnoticable – it rounds up
the sound nicely.

The EP leaves us wanting for live shows by the band and predicts a
bright future for Psychosis. If they keep it up I’m sure we’ll see at
least a few European tours.

Do yourselves a favor. Get a copy of the EP and… bang your head!